Both Mu Yoong Yoong and Feng Ling were finally on their feet. Both girls explained what happened and why they were here. They had overheard Xie Lian talking to li Wen and tried to get here without causing a ruckus, but ended up stuck like how we found them.
"M-mother?" Kiyoshi squeaked, Kohana holding him over her shoulder. Nan Fang and Fu Yao kept glancing at the girls, confused.
"Huh?" Mu Yoong Yoong questioned, looking between Kiyoshi and me.
"Kiyoshi is my son, in every way but blood," I explained as I stood next to Kohana. She handed me Kiyoshi, and I held him. After that, we headed inside to talk. I explained to the girls how Kohana had joined me, how we found Kiyoshi on Mount Yujun, and everything leading up to now. Kiyoshi tried to hide in my arms. I had to explain to them that Kiyoshi is a little scared of strangers. Honger asked if Nan Feng and Fu Yao were our servants. I snickered, letting out the snort laugh that everyone I grew up with is very familiar with. Honger be little Fu Yao, and threw him a broom, and I almost laughed out loud.
"Mother, I thought you only knew decent people," Kiyoshi asked me, making me laugh and snort a bit. The girls were holding back their laughs, while the boys, aside from Honger, were dumbfounded. I tried to catch my breath and stop laughing, all while Kiyoshi stood by my side, confused.
"Okay, ah!" I laugh as my hand falls to my child's shoulder.
"You're really staying in this pig's sty?" Fu Yao asked with slight disdain. Obviously trying to change the subject and get the heat off of him for a bit.
"It's not that bad." Brother said to him, raising his palm upwards, Fu Yao. The discussion continued with Fu Yao asking about the beds. Kohana just morphed into a small fox and slept on the seat. The girls were still snickering over my son's remark before Nan Feng was done with the formation to teleport us to the crescent pass.
I bid my goodbyes to Kiyoshi before heading off with the others. We came through the doorway of the transportation formation. We came through to this big village in the desert. It was nighttime already, and we headed out into the sand and dunes outside of the village. The night we walked was long, but when the beating sun came the next bright day, Feng Ling and Honger both suffered in the heat and daylight. Mu Yoong Yoong isn't having it as bad, but it still wasn't good. Honger had the collar of his jacket pulled up over his head in the heat. The girls had this thin veil sort of material to fight against the heat. I had my mask on. I had enchanted it after I ascended to take in my excess energy and use it to cool the temperature around me to keep my body from overheating. Since I cultivated my cold power, my body is even less adapted to heat than before.
"Gege, I can't take it anymore." Honger breathed as he reached out while we continued to walk. The girls looked to Xie Lian with the same exhausted expression.